PhpStorm 2017.3 Help

Code Style. Less

Use this page to configure formatting options for Less files. View the result in the Preview pane on the right.

Tabs and Indents

Use tab character

If this checkbox is selected, tab characters are used for indentation and for code reformatting.

When the checkbox is cleared, PhpStorm uses spaces instead of tabs.

Smart tabs

An indentation consists of two parts. One part results from nesting code blocks and the other part is determined by alignment.

If this checkbox is selected, the part that results from nesting contains both tabs and spaces (if necessary), while the part defined by alignment consists only of spaces.

If this checkbox is cleared, only tabs are used. This means that after reformatting a group of spaces that fits the specified tab size is automatically replaced with a tab, which may result in breaking fine alignment.

Tab size

In this text box, specify the number of spaces that fits in a tab.

Indent

In this text box, specify the number of spaces (or tabs if the Use Tab Character checkbox is selected) to be inserted for each indent level.

Continuation indent

In this text box, specify the number of spaces (or tabs if the Use Tab Character checkbox is selected) to be inserted between the elements of an array, in expressions, method declarations, and method calls.

Keep indents on empty lines

If this checkbox is selected, PhpStorm retains indents on empty lines as if they contained some code. If the checkbox is cleared, PhpStorm deletes the tab characters and spaces on empty lines.

The Smart Tabs checkbox is available if the Use Tab Character checkbox is selected.

Set from

The link appears in the upper-right corner of the page, when applicable. Click this link and choose the language to be used as the base for the current language code style. To return to the initial set of code style settings and discard the changes, click Reset.